I really fancy having my silver 96 wrx wagon painted matt black. although i have no problem in paying for a pro job, I just wondered couldnt i do this at home?

My reasons are having sprayed grill, spoiler and a few bits and bobs in spray can matt black it allways comes out perfect. even when spraying outside, no runs, patches, good coverage and prety much a factory finish. My question is is it the paint that is different? it seems to dry waay quicker than normal paint and doesnt seem to require baking/polishing etc. would this be a good idea to do this?

What are the thoughts on having a matt black wagon with full tints, black wheels etc - stealthy look or tacky?


My other options were (professionally done)

WR blue
Glossy as hell black
Possibly white gobstopper style.


Im in such a tizz

 

spraying across large panels like roofs and bonnets is totally diiferent to painting small bits,

just doesnt seem to turn out the same,

get a bonnet from the scrappy to practice on and see ow it turns out? you may well be good at it,

 

Speak to 'blu scoob' as he's just painted his classic himself at home, looks really good too!

 

i thought it would be easy to do a SATIN black bonnet on my 02 scoob and ive had 13 years decorating experiance ! i was very , very wrong i had the bonnet prep perfect , applied 8 coats of halfords satin black "halfords is by far in my opinion the best paint in a rattle can " and was gutted to find out it wasnt going to work !! so i decided to go with matt another 7-8 coats and hours of prep later it looked much more acceptable "still not perfect" i recoment if u r going to have ago , to use halfords matt black , and spray the final couple of coats from quite a distance as if u are dusting it on ! it seems to have a more even finnish this way